Friday, December 01, 2006

Well another Friday is upon us...here in New Zealand we are counting the days until school summer holidays which starts mid December. This is still a strange concept for this Canadian who has been used to -35 Celsius and shoveling snow at this time of year.

Need a few moments to let your mind wander....go to the good folks at GE who have a team of "imagineers" that sit around all day just thinking up cool stuff...nice job.One of their creative tools is an interactive whiteboard built in Flash (you will need to upgrade your flash player to the latest version - and don't forget to "uncheck" the yahoo toolbar if you don't want it installed with your player.)

You can create e-cards and email them to your friends and family. You can also invite other people to collaborate and brainstorm with you at the same time. Have your students enter individually or in teams and have them create a visual collaboration. You can save, email or print your creations.

"Things for Thought"

What is the "third space?"

In a paper written by Tracey Bretag,the third space refers to: the constructing and re-constructing of identity, to the fluidity of space, to the space where identity is not fixed... [It] is where we negotiate identity and become neither this nor that but our own. 'Third' is used to denote the place where negotiation takes place, where identity is constructed and re-constructed, where life in all its ambiguity is played out. (English, 2002)

Our students interact and communicate in the 'third space' daily. Through online games, social websites (such as mySpace), email, instant messaging, etc...

How are relationships built in the 'third space'? How can education find a fit in the 'third space'?

October 5/06 posting in this blog "Preparing Students for All Work Places"...the article this posting refers to talks about the 'third place'. A place where young entrepreneurs and new knowledge workers consider their office....coffee shops and eateries.

What are we as educators missing....we need to find a place for the 'third space' in our classrooms and schools if we are to truly reach our students and prepare them for the future.

"Remember....most of the jobs we are preparing our students for don't even exist yet." (BrenniesBytes, August, 2006)

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